It took me about five months on the island to realize that I was starting to get soft around the middle. It sounds ridiculous, right? I mean, no donuts and no pizza and none of McAnally's precious warm beer. Of course, I also wasn't spending any time running for my life. Looking back on it, it's kind of amazing that amount of running that I did ( Read more... )

There's something about the act of cooking that Sam takes a solace in. Maybe it's the control of measuring your own ingredients. It's a dash of pepper, a teaspoon of salt, a quart of something else, but it's what you've picked and chosen. Plus, with the bruise on his face and the confused ego to boot, he needs all the control he can get ( Read more... )

In the wake of Annie's disappearance and escalating tensions, Sam wants to talk. A few punches and ill-advised kisses later, Alex, Gene, and Sam seem to do anything but.

Rated PG-13.

It had been raining for two days. Buckets of the stuff, propelled sideways by a constantly-gusting wind, the skies so densely clouded that it felt like evening even during the day. It was miserable weather; spooky, unpredictable weather. The sort that made you want to stay in and lock the doors. Martha Jones' current disposition made a strange ( Read more... )

Alex doesn't like the basement.

Something about the smell of it, the temperature of the air, the water sluicing through the pipes in the walls, brings out the part of her that feels trapped; it's too close in a slant-way to where her body lies, and it makes the hair stand up along the back of her neck ( Read more... )

[ The Doctor and Lee Adama meet by happenstance, and conversation naturally turns towards Martha and her relationship with the Master. After Lee reveals that Martha is living with the Master, the two conclude that something must be done and decide to stage an intervention. They're joined by Sam Tyler, who is no happier with the situation than they ( Read more... )

Gene Hunt never used to eat alone. He'd spent years making sure that he wouldn't have to, either by terrorizing Sam into going out with him, or by going home to make sure he could eat with the wife. Of course, once Sam was gone and the wife had packed up and left him, he'd had to learn to be on his own, to face whatever it was he'd always been ( Read more... )

Sam checks himself into the Clinic after his epinephrine shot just in case and while resting there, Alex comes by to visit him. They discuss Annie's disappearance and home.

Rated PG.

Sam

This is what...

Stay. Here. With me.

This is what it must be like. It's been so long since he's felt like this, but after everything that's happened in the past. With Martha and the Master, with Annie leaving (where has she gone, what does this mean, why does the only good part about Manchester have to vanish while Gene stays!), with Alex ( Read more... )

After waking up in DI Drake's body, Sam realizes he needs to get Gene to help look after Martha-in-Sam's body (at least to look out for her). Their conversation is tense and riddled with sexual come-ons that are more than vaguely inappropriate given the circumstances.

Rated PG-13.